Miha Māori Mass, Hato Petera tonight with Takapuna based seminarian Joseph Marr, Manuel Beazley, Anne Gibson and Fr Mark Bond. The next Miha is 6pm, Saturday October 11. Thank you to Pata for the kai.

We gathered on Sunday 29 June, the Feast of Hato Petera for Miha Māori, kai and hui.

With the support Kāhui Kaumatua and Bishop Steve Lowe, the Hāto Petera Interim Governance Group provided an overview of the governance document “Tūāpapa” which sets out how we will collaborate, decide and implement decisions for Hāto Petera broader goals and objectives.  The Interim Governance Group also provided an outline of the process to establish Te Waka O Hāto Petera Wāwāhi Ara.  More information about the Tūāpapa and the process for establishing the Wāwāhi Ara can be found here.

FOLLOWED BY TE WHĀNAU O HĀTO PETERA HUI & PRESENTATION OF
THE TUĀPAPA FUTURE GOVERNANCE DOCUMENT

Sunday 29 June 2025

Miha at 11.00am in Whare Karakia

Hui starts approximately 12.30pm in Wharenui

Nau mai rā, e te whānau o Hāto Petera, kia karakia tahi tātou hei whakanui i te Hākari Nui o Hāto Petera mā te Miha Tapu ki te Whare Karakia o Hāto Petera.

Haere mai ki runga o te Marae o Hāto Petera, e takoto iho nei, ki te whare o Te Kamaka e tū ake nei.

Haere mai, kia huihui tahi ai tātou mō te kaupapa e pā ana ki te aronga ā muri ake o te pae o Hāto Petera.

All are welcome to join for Miha to celebrate the Feast of Hāto Petera at 11.00am on Sunday 29 June. 

With the support of Kāhui Kaumātua and Bishop Steve Lowe, Miha will be followed by a hui to present the Tuāpapa, the foundational document that sets out the governance of the Hāto Petera site going forward.  This presentation will include the process of the establishment of a permanent governance group.

Please feel free to share this pānui.  Enquiries to Teresa McNamara  – [email protected] (021 649 012)
For further information and updates check our website at hatopetera.com.

Te Kamaka Marae has entered into a period of recess.  During this time, the marae will not be available for bookings, gatherings or other events.   We will update this site when the marae is available for bookings again.

Our Whare, ‘Te Whare Manaaki ō Pihopa Kereti’ was blessed yesterday.  We would like to acknowledge our Bishop Steve Lowe for the beautiful reopening and blessing that was done by him for all of us and our Katorika whanau from our chapel.

It was an amazing and spiritually uplifting inspiring opening for all of us that attended. The day was amazing and the food and refreshments were enjoyed by us all.

Ngā mihi nui to all who were present, including representatives of our kaumātua council, the directors of HPL, members of our Interim Governance Group and our trustees of Te Kāmaka Marae Committee, our supporters from the Catholic Church, families, friends and our communities present to support the reopening and blessing of our facility,thank you all so much for being there and supporting our wonderful day. This marks an important opportunity for us to provide better quality manaakitanga services to all our people that book our marae into the future.

This will allow us to provide better depth and a more extensive range of services to our people. This includes our marae,our meeting house Te Kāmaka, our marae ātea, our hall in joint MŌU relationship with the Transformation Academy and also included is our new hospitality services through Te Whare Manaaki ō Pihopa Kereti, that we now can provide to all those who will book our services better hospitality services to them.

To all those that helped in the back to prepare our opening and food for the day,thank you all very much.